Northern Colorado has not won over Big Sky team since 1977

[BARN BALL]

MSU 83- Northern Colorado 69

Bobcats 2-3 N. Colorado 0-7

Are the Bears going to play in the Big Sky Basketball conference?

 

[TrueGriz]

MSU 83- Northern Colorado 69

Bobcats 2-3 N. Colorado 0-7

Are the Bears going to play in the Big Sky Basketball conference?

Of course they are. It is a requirement to join the Big Sky Coference. It's why Gonzaga left the Big Sky conference because they didn't play football.


There are a number of sports that each team has to compete in to be in the conference, and football and basketball are two of the sports. And of course, they have to compete in those sports in the same conference.

 

[NavyBlue]

What does UNC bring to the league? I still can't see why they were added. Southern Utah would have been a better choice, if Weber wasn't blackballing them. If nothing else they would bridge the gap geographically between Ogden and Flagstaff.

 

[EWURanger29]

What does UNC bring to the league? I still can't see why they were added. Southern Utah would have been a better choice, if Weber wasn't blackballing them. If nothing else they would bridge the gap geographically between Ogden and Flagstaff.

Southern Utah would have been a terrible choice, and N. Colorado isn't much better. I think the reason they were added has mostly to do with media exposure in the Denver metro area.

 

[EverettGriz]

What does UNC bring to the league? I still can't see why they were added. Southern Utah would have been a better choice, if Weber wasn't blackballing them. If nothing else they would bridge the gap geographically between Ogden and Flagstaff.

Southern Utah would have been a terrible choice, and N. Colorado isn't much better. I think the reason they were added has mostly to do with media exposure in the Denver metro area.

Ranger is correct from what I've read. The large media market seemed to be what the BSC was after. It's a little short-sighted if you ask me. It hasn't helped the league's exposure to have a presence in Portland. Hell, most Portland residents probably couldn't even tell you what conference PSU was in.

 

[MinnesotaGriz]

I personally think North Dakota State would have been a great fit for the Big Sky. Football plays in the Fargodome (20,000+ seating) and gets great support. I hate to bring up painful memories, but the Bison actually actually beat us a couple years ago at WaGriz, so they would definately compete. Basketball just went D1 and they will be getting some solid midwest recruits in the next few years. They surprisingly played the University of Minnesota pretty tough a few weeks ago. They would most likely need to upgrade their bball arena, but it is currently better than what Idaho State, Portland State, and Sac State are playing in. Fargo seems like a natural Big Sky town, roughly 100,000 people and NDSU is the only show in town, a lot like the Griz and other Big Sky teams. If you threw South Dakota State in the league as well, who just went D1 in bball/1-AA in football, you would have a natural travel partner. The one negative is that you are really stretching the geography of the league. I'm sure N. Arizona/Sac State would not be looking forward to that road trip. But outside of the location issue, it seems like a perfect fit. Thoughts?